Should I trade out my NZXT Phantom 820?

chandlerrsimpson

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I'm drawing near the completion of my first build. I have everything I need except for a monitor and a psu (both of which I have already picked out). Here's what I have:

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700k 4.0GHz
Mobo: Asus ROG Maximus VIII Hero
GPU: 980ti 6GB SC+ ACX 2.0+
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H115i 280mm
RAM: 32GB G.Skill DDR4 Trident Z 3200Mhz PC4-25600 CL15 White/Black 1.35V Quad Channel Kit (2x16GB)
SSD: Samsung 950 PRO Series - 512GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V5P512BW)
HD: WD Black 3TB performance
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Z
Blu-Ray: LG WH16NS40 Super Multi Blue Internal SATA 16x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Keyboard: G. Skill Ripjaws KM780 RGB Cherry MX Red
Case: NZXT Phantom 820 Gunmetal

Now, I am planning on doing an SLI with a second 980ti, and getting a
Corsair AXi Series, AX1500i, 1500 Watt Fully Modular Digital Power Supply, 80+ Titanium Certified psu.

I'm posting because after buying my NZXT Phantom 820 I looked up a possible build and found the review here on Tom's Hardware and I'm second guessing it. The review mentioned sub-par fans, a shaky HD port, a lot of noise, etc. Should I trade out my case for a "better" one? and if not, what steps should I take to improve it?

P.S. What monitor should I get to fully utilize my PC's capabilities? I want an IPS panel, 4k, and 144hz+ refresh rate but there isn't a panel like that... So should I compromise, or wait?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Toms Hardware
 
The case don't matter for the monitor they don't make a IPS 4K in 144 that I know of. Unless your going to run SLI 1080's then a 2K monitor is still the sweet spot for gaming.
A lot of your build looks like wasted money to me depending on what your using the PC for.
SLI 980ti's is a fairly bad idea right now since a GTX 1080 will give you better performance with the scaling of SLI in a lot of games and even for SLI of the 980'a you don't need a 1500 watt PSU.